The Eye Institute, Philadelphia: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1336160027
- Legal business name
- Drexel University
- Registered trading name
- The Eye Institute
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 1200 W Godfrey Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19141-3323 - Phone on the record
- (215) 276-6000
- NPI issued
- July 21, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 4, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- County
- Philadelphia County
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 1 additional NPI for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Drexel University and registered The Eye Institute as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. 2 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was refreshed in April 2025, putting it among the 78 of 589 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Philadelphia holds 143 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 97 of them optometry and 46 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 19141. 29 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Eyecare Vision, P.C. in Philadelphia, 0.6 miles away.
None of this is a licensing check. CMS issues an NPI so a provider can be identified in billing transactions, and states plainly that issuance does not ensure or validate that the holder is licensed or credentialed. The Pennsylvania boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
690 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro itself there are 589, 142 of them elsewhere in Philadelphia. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyecare Vision, P.C. | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (267) 335-3647 |
| Eyecare Vision | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (267) 335-2647 |
| Logic Eyecare Inc | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (215) 548-2010 |
| Eyecare for the Family Inc. | Philadelphia | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (215) 224-2347 |
| Einstein Ophthmalology Associates | Philadelphia | Ophthalmology | 1.0 mi | (215) 456-7150 |
Distances are straight line between registered practice locations, not driving distance. Records placed at a ZIP centroid rather than a matched street address are excluded from this comparison.
What to expect to pay at an optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from The Eye Institute. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 589 practices on the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington page give you the full local field to call around.